7.Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

6.What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

5.How did you attract/address your audience?

4.Who would be the audience for your media product?

My target audience  for Chic’ magazine are 18 to 29 year old's, mainly teenagers to

young adults. This age group show the most interest in Hip Hop music and relate to the artist the most.  They are also the most likely to buy the magazine because they attend most Hip Hop concerts and Festivals with the artists on Chic’ magazine will mostly attend. My audience all into the social class of C2 to E this is where most young adults are placed because they are mostly uneducated, unemployed, or have a small income.

This is a mainstream audience they tend to always be in with the trends, latest fashion and music . In my research and planning I found out that the people who read Hip Hop are mainstream. In terms of gender it is equally for women as it is for males. My research showed that both purchase Hip Hop magazines the same amount.

3.What kind of media institution (publisher) might distribute your media product and why?

2.How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Question 2 Evaluation from Dani

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

When making my media product I used, developed and challenged lots of different forms and conventions used in many typical Hip Hop music magazines to help me create my professional music magazine. 

To help me create my music magazine, I firstly researched other existing music magazines for example Vibe and XXL. From these two magazines I got the inspiration for the colour palette because I used Red as my title which Vibe does consistently and I also to the red boxes like XXL does frequently use through out there magazine. I broke the conventions of stereotypical magazines by opting to have a two girl group on my front cover something that is very unlikely to see other than the Hip Hop legends for example – TLC, Destinys Child etc.  I also anchored my genre by having the same models on each page (front cover, contents and double page spread) I got this inspiration from Vibe magazine they usually used the same model for each page, making the readers aware who is the star, which I think is really effective. 

With most of these magazines, within the bar code they have twitter, facebook or instagram links to social networking sites. I tried to encode that into my magazine as well. I also made sure that both models were looking directly at the camera inviting the audience in, because I had two models rather than one I made sure that not one over shadowed the other that it was equal space bet. Hip Hop magazines conventionally also have other celebrity names going across the top but to make my magazine stand out I wrote this in a different colour to make sure it stands out and doesn't just blend in with the background.  

Primary Research

I have constructed a interview with a few selected people from my target audience to find out there thoughts and opinions on my magazine designs. I done this so I could be back some feedback to see if my magazine would have a good response.

How often do you read Hip Hop magazines? 

respondent one: Every time a new issue comes out

respondent two: When ever I see a new artist so every couple of months 

respondent three:  Very rarely. They can be boring. 

respondent four: Monthly 

What is your favourite thing about Hip Hop magazines?

respondent one: I enjoy catching up with my favorite artists.

respondent two: I like to see the new artist in the Hip Hop industry.

respondent three: I think Hip Hop magazine are boring most of the time I only read them sometimes.

respondent four: I love all the images and posters inside 

What would you like to see on the front cover?

respondent one: I would like to see a cool background

respondent two: I want to see new interesting faces

respondent three: Sexy ladies to look at

respondent four: Things that are inside the magazine.

How much money would you spend for a Hip Hop magazine?

respondent one: £5.99

respondent two: £6.99

respondent three: £4.99

respondent four: £5.99

What colours would you use?

respondent one: Nothing to bright.

respondent two: Nothing boring

respondent three: Anything that will stand out

respondent four: Colours that match